democratic state

Example Sentences

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A democratic state must never treat any citizen as entirely worthless.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

But it soon also came to represent the vision of a secular democratic state with equality for all.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2023

"So we need to figure out a way, one, to stay in the same land, two, without killing each other, and three, while maintaining a Jewish democratic state."

From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2023

Hun Sen is noted as a canny and sometimes ruthless politician, and has since then managed to drive his rival into exile and neutralize all his challengers, even though Cambodia is a nominally democratic state.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

On the other hand, a community in which no man or no group of men are granted by law any advantage over their fellow-citizens is the type of the perfect and fruitful democratic state.

From The Promise of American Life by Croly, Herbert David